Which best explains why some plantation owners punished enslaved persons?

Plantation owners punished the people enslaved by them for many reasons, some punished in response to disobedience or perceived infractions, some conducted very abusive actions with the sole purpose of dominance assertion.

Explanation:

There were many forms of terrible punishments inflicted on enslaved people, the whip being the most common, althogh most definetely not the harshest.

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